Policy paper

Proposal for draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018

This paper and impact assessment are the government's response to the Joint Committee for Human Rights' second 2018 report.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care
• Published: 19 July 2018

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Proposal for draft Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (Remedial) Order 2018: government response to JCHR

PDF, 3.34 MB, 46 pages

Surrogacy legislation remedial order: impact assessment

PDF, 243 KB, 7 pages

Details

The paper responds to the report of 2 March 2018 about a remedial order, which will:

• address an incompatibility in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008
• allow an individual to apply for a parental order, which transfers legal parenthood after a surrogacy arrangement

The Joint Committee for Human Rights report made several recommendations that the government has accepted. A revised remedial order is included in the publication for the second stage scrutiny by the committee on behalf of Parliament.

Published 19 July 2018